A 10-month suspended jail term was imposed on an indecisive raider who pulled out a knife at an off-licence saying “this is a robbery” but quickly clarified that it was not a robbery after all.

An indecisive raider pulled out a knife at an off-licence and declared “this is a robbery”, but a moment later he clarified that it was not a robbery after all.

Team Éamon Bowen (Éamon Bowen, Declan O’Leary, Pat O’Donovan) got the perfect start to 2019 when they beat Team Craig Moynihan (Craig Moynihan, Maurice Connolly, Darren Bowen) in the John O’Donovan Cup final at Bottlehill.